A Christmas bonus is to be paid to long-term social welfare recipients in the first week in December. It will be 70 per cent of the normal weekly payment, subject to a minimum of £20. The cost to the State will be £41 million.
Welfare bonus for Christmas
A Christmas bonus is to be paid to long-term social welfare recipients in the first week in December
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